ASC, yes it's both, but it's the flow rate, not the total consumption, that's the issue here. EMSC, the flow rate varies depending on the engine map. If they were running above 100 kg/hour for the whole race then he'd have needed over 150 kg of fuel. As they turn the engine up and down though, presumably one of the turned up settings was regularly increasing the flow rate too much. BiL, from what I've read the same flow rate sensors were used in endurance racing, and shown to have something like a 1% error (Edit: 0.5% according to Silver above). If Ricciardo's flow rate never exceeded 101kg/hour, then they might have a case that it's within the expecting error of the FIA-supplied sensors, but you would expect the FIA to be aware of this, and have not pulled Ricciardo up on it unless it was beyond the accepted error margin.
please log in to view this image Fuel flow meter on car 3 was changed during parc ferme, they are in very very deep ****.
Doesn't look good. What are the chances of both old and new units being faulty, when everyone else's was okay? May explain why they had more speed than everyone thought if they were getting extra bhp's from more fuel flow
Interesting that both Mercedes had changes made to the "Caketin", yet Rosberg still had an issue with one of his during the race. Suspect that needs a redesign!
So they could use it at a higher rate kg/hour? DH makes sense, they would need over 150kg of fuel to be running over 100kg an hour, so obviously they must have been turning it up and down in the race somehow. FIA sheet says the meter was changed or replaced during parc ferme...
^^ Exactly that, Vettel's car was the original with no change, and Ricciardo's no. 3 seemed less faulty, us thinking it was progress. Anyhow I want an official conclusion.
If other teams are investigated for the same reason then it's probably likely that they will use the same excuse if Red Bull do get away with it. Then if they (other teams) are penalised, there will be uproar.
[video=youtube;bg51cF_JnuM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg51cF_JnuM[/video] 1:09, didn't notice that happened infront of Vettel.
Or a mechanic not to whack a wheel against it! (or Rosberg has his wheels pointing straight at a pitstop!)
That was deliberate. At his first stop he parked straight and struggled to get away cleanly as the Red Bull box was too close, so he radioed in saying he'd stop at an angle to get a cleaner get away. And whilst the mechanic did hit the caketin, needing three replacements in a weekend isn't too great. Nobody else had the issue.
http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/1...ikkonen-despite-ferraris-double-points-finish Watch the Raikkonen interview, see the assistant's reaction to Raikkonen going beyond two sentences, talking more in depth than usual. 1:51.
The F1 Times ‏@F1Times 8m Not expecting a decision any time soon on Ricciardo. FIA want to conduct further tests to ensure their data is correct. #F1 DSQ is coming I reckon, further testing can only mean it's because a big decision is coming. Maybe wrong though.
